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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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yes thats normal... normally what it looks like right before you spin a rod bearing... haha j/k thats not good tho
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Yeah mine usually has a little bit but def not that much.
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ha, i think it spun a bearing yesterday. it started knocking bad under load and then she went. Im working on pulling it out the bottom now. Getting it all ready to hopefully drop this weekend.
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mine spun a rod bearing and it tore up the whole rotating assembly and the heads and cam, so i was forced to build a 383,
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Damn man sorry to hear that. Mine had crap like that after I did the cam swap two years ago but has been fine since. How high did ya twist it up to?
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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its only seen 7000 once or twice. Wierd thing is it gave little warning at all. We will see what the internals look like when I drop it out the bottom this weekend.
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Originally Posted by redhotSS
mine spun a rod bearing and it tore up the whole rotating assembly and the heads and cam, so i was forced to build a 383,
I use that same word everytime I upgrade something on my car.
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